Open AccessAssessing the Burden of Infant Deaths Due to Herpes Simplex Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Congenital Syphilis: United States, 1995 to 2017
Author(s) -
Jennifer Sanderson Slutsker,
Julia A. Schillinger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001458
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , syphilis , herpes simplex virus , infant mortality , congenital syphilis , pediatrics , confidence interval , mortality rate , obstetrics , immunology , virus , population , epidemiology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, neonatal infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) has a high case fatality rate. The national burden of neonatal HSV and associated deaths is unknown because this condition is not nationally notifiable. We investigated trends in HSV-related infant deaths compared with infant deaths from congenital syphilis (CS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).